Cult Classic
Many cult movies have gone on to transcend their original cult status and have become recognized as classics, others are of the "so bad it's good" variety, and are destined to remain in obscurity. Here you will also discover some of the most astonishing, tastless and sometimes the worst movie ever made. The term cult film implies a certain level of obscurity, and widely popular, mainstream movies are not considered to be cult films and will not be found in this company.
Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)
6.5/10
Director: Ryuhei Kitamura
Starring: Masahiro Matsuoka, Rei Kikukawa, Kazuki Kitamura, Don Frye, Akira Takarada
Godzilla's 50th birthday sees him travelling the globe as evil aliens have landed with evil alien thoughts. Only Godzilla and the Earth Defence Force... Read more
The Story of O (1975)
5.4/10
Director: Just Jaeckin
Starring: Udo Kier, Anthony Steel, Christiane Minazzoli, Corinne Clery
Banned in New Zealand for 25 years! O (Corinne Clery) is taken by her boyfriend Rene (Udo Kier) to a mysterious club where a group of submissive women... Read more
Venus in Furs (1969)
5.9/10
Director: Jesus Franco
Starring: James Darren, Klaus Kinski, Barbara McNair, Dennis Price, Maria Rohm, Margaret L...
Of all the twisted hits from cult director Jess Franco ("Vampyros Lesbos"), fans and critics alike call this his masterpiece! James Darren is a trauma... Read more
Marihuana - The Devil's Weed (1936)
Director: Dwain Esper
Starring: Harley Wood, Gloria Browne, Pat Carlyle, Juanita Crosland
Reefer turns a good girl into a heroin-selling slut in the delirious, over-the-top non-masterpiece that is 'Marihuana - The Devil's Weed'. This film t... Read more
Valley of the Dolls (1967)
5.9/10
Director: Mark Robson
Starring: Barbara Parkins, Patty Duke, Paul Burke, Sharon Tate, Lee Grant
Based on the phenomenal best-seller by Jacqueline Susann, this melodrama dares to tell the truth about the seamy underside of Hollywood and the status... Read more
Modesty Blaise (1966)
5.2/10
Director: Joseph Losey
Starring: Monica Vitti, Dirk Bogarde, Terence Stamp
Of the many '60s cinema spies who arrived in the wake of James Bond, none cut a finer figure than Italian siren Monica Vitti as jewel thief-turned-sec... Read more
Cherry, Harry and Raquel (1969)
Director: Russ Meyer
Starring: Charles Napier, Uschi Digard, Larissa Ely, Linda Ashton
A menage a trois, loosely translated by Russ Meyer is "a trio is not necessarily a crowd." Co-written by Meyer and novelist Thomas Wolfe, the film is... Read more
The Erotic Adventures of Zorro (1972)
4.5/10
Director: Col Robert Freeman
Starring: Douglas Frey, Robyn Whitting, Penny Boran, John Alderman
When evil tyrant Luis Bonosario enslaves the people of 19th century Los Angeles, Don Diego de Vega, "the greatest swordsman in Spain," returns from Ma... Read more
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)
5.5/10
Director: Melvin Van Peebles
Starring: Melvin Van Peebles, West Gale, Simon Chuckster, Hubert Scales, John Dullaghan
Van Peebles wrote, directed and stars in this trendsetting work - which initiated the "blaxploitation" film cycle of the 1970s - about an African-Amer... Read more
Double Agent 73 (1974)
3.9/10
Director: Doris Wishman
Starring: Chesty Morgan, Frank Silvano, Saul Meth, Jill Harris
Chesty Morgan is the special agent, assigned to stop members of a dope-smuggling ring, who has a camera implanted in her gigantic "secret weapons". In... Read more